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  • Title: Effect of alpha-adrenergic blockage on cellular Ca2+ during endotoxic shock.
    Author: Maitra SR, Sayeed MM.
    Journal: Circ Shock; 1992 Aug; 37(4):317-22. PubMed ID: 1446390.
    Abstract:
    The effect of alpha-adrenergic receptor antagonists, phentolamine, and prazosin on cytosolic Ca2+ concentration, [Ca2+]i, was studied in hepatocytes during endotoxic shock. Rats were given intravenous injections of endotoxin (20 mg/kg), phentolamine (3 mg/kg) plus endotoxin (20 mg/kg), or prazosin (5 mg/kg) plus endotoxin (20 mg/kg). They were sacrificed 5 hr later, at which time the endotoxin-injected rats showed signs of shock. Isolated hepatocytes were prepared and employed for the measurement of [Ca2+]i under basal and hormone-stimulated (1 and 10 microM epinephrine) conditions by means of Quin 2 fluorescence technique. The apparent basal level of [Ca2+]i in endotoxic rat hepatocytes (mean +/- SE: 482 +/- 31 nM) was significantly higher (P less than 0.05) than in phentolamine plus endotoxin (242 +/- 73) and prazosin plus endotoxin (240 +/- 43) groups. A significant increase in hepatocyte [Ca2+]i occurred with epinephrine in the phentolamine plus endotoxin and prazosin plus endotoxin groups, but not in the group receiving endotoxin alone. Endotoxic rats showed a mortality rate of 75%, whereas phentolamine plus endotoxin and prazosin plus endotoxin groups showed a mortality rate of 38% and 20% respectively. These data suggest that the protective effect of alpha-adrenergic receptor antagonists during endotoxic shock may be mediated, in part, by attenuating the entrance of Ca2+ into endotoxic liver cells.
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